Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.

There's a fundamental difference, if you sort of look into the future, between a humanity that is a space-faring civilization, that's out there exploring the stars...compared with one where we are forever confined to Earth until some eventual extinction event.

SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative.